Additional file 2: of A total pleural covering of absorbable cellulose mesh prevents pneumothorax recurrence in patients with Birt-Hogg-DubĂŠ syndrome

Figure S2. Technical procedure for total pleural covering (TPC) of right lungs: Schemata depicting systematic covering of an entire visceral pleura by oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) mesh, which encloses the surface of the 1) upper lobe, 2) basal area in the lower lobe, 3) posterior mediastinal side of the upper and lower lobes, 4) anterior mediastinal side of the upper and middle lobes, 5) lateral side of the middle and lower lobes, and 6) interlobar surface of the lungs. (TIF 1440 kb)